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Cop's Demonstration

Description: Leader: P2 Cop's Demo #6698 12/5/73; Mary McKay reporter standup about governor Francis Sargent's deliberations on whether or not to sign a death penalty bill. Policemen gather outside the Massachusetts State House and march inside to demand that Sargent sign the recently enacted death penalty bill. A large group of policemen gather inside the building and chant we want Sargent! Police gathered outside. Reporter outtakes and more b-roll.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/05/1973

Old North Church Abortion Demonstration

Description: Leader: Tails - SOF/MAG - Old North Church Abortion Demo, 12/30/73 #6903; Church bells ring as people demonstrating in front of the Old North Church with a large banner that reads Stop Religious Oppression - Abortion is a Woman's Right - Parent's Aid Society - Bill Baird. Baird argues with some men on the street while police officers watch. Church service inside the church. Excerpt from sermon; interview with a catholic priest about his views on abortion; man runs at Baird while he carries banner; more church service and sermon; Men in colonial dress and tourists; Mary MacKay standup in front of the Old North Church about the sermon; more b-roll of the church service and Baird arguing with the crowd.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/30/1973

Gan Can Regulations

Description: Leader: P1 Gan Can Regulations #6742 12/10/73; Silent b-roll of a man demonstration different gas cans to the press. Unrelated footage of a Boston Whalers versus Cleveland Crusaders hockey game. Returns to silent footage of the gas cans.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/10/1973

Shotguns

Description: Leader: P2 Shotguns #6776 12/13/73 (Portions removed for Eisenstadt story of 1/16/1974); Interview with a police officer about the problem of people owning shotguns in Boston and how the police might need to carry them at well. Silent footage of a press conference with the Committee to Improve Community-Police Relations in Roxbury. Buckets of shotguns. A man demonstrates opening his trench coat and pulling out a shotgun, which he aims at the camera. Elma Lewis and others at the press conference discuss their opposition to arming the police force with shotguns. Reporter Natalie Jacobson asks a questions about gun control. Silent footage of a man with a shotgun.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/13/1973

Toy Safety

Description: "Leader: "P2 Toy Safety #6774 - 13 Sept 73"; A man (Schwartz) speaks to reporters about dangerous toys and demonstrates by shooting a bow and arrow toy and lighting a doll on fire. Jim Boyd reporter stand up followed by b-roll and cuts. Footage includes close ups of various toys, reporter outtakes, Schwartz speaking about hazardous toys and his 10 most dangerous toy list. He says that parents have been lulled into a false sense of safety with the government banned toys list. Unsafe toys discussed include magnetic dozer, toy iron, big bird stuffy, light bright, and projectile toys."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/13/1973

P2 Investigators - Safe Boating

Description: Leader: P2 investigators Safe Boating; Reporter standup explains that the explosion of people on the water in boats without training or attention to the safety of those around them is causing the Coast Guard to consider new tactics and guidelines for managing the waterways; B-roll both silent and with wild sound of Coast Guard boats; Officers inspecting life preservers and instructing boat owners on best practices; a certification of inspection is issued; black screen breaks and countdowns; interviews with officers and boat owners about the problems around boat use and safety; there is much complaining about uninformed boat owners and poor practices of piloting; officers demonstrate best practices in fueling a boat; B-roll of people boating; shots of the harbor from the air; more complains about boat owners who don't know the rules of the seas and particularly weekenders; speed is the cause of most accidents; boating licenses are discusses; Reel 2 of 2. See Acc. 2394.11741
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/11/1973